So the titular character played by Robert Downey, Jr., tells us in the new trailer for Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows. Fortunately, he's got his trusty sidekick Watson (Jude Law) and Adler (Rachel McAdams) along for the ride.

The task at hand? Only thwarting the foremost criminal mind in all of Europe, Dr. Moriarty. The stakes? All of Western civilization, pretty much. No pressure.